Omaha daily bee., 1887-06-07
up and created considerable discussion

and no little feeling.
The Rev. w. Singley, ID. d., of Belle.
fountaine, o., Editor of the Evangelist,
said he thought the work of the board of
nomlcally as It should be. He thought
when 1t took 81 to get s. or 80 into the
field, it was too expensive. lie thought
they should give less money to railroads
| and telegraphs and secretaries. 1t was
| impossible for the board IN Baltimore to
shoot the bulls eye in Denver short of
six months. He thought they were work.
| ing at too long range. He thought the
board was 1lg making some some some
should have headquarters in the
west, and that the church should be-
| come more aggressive. He did not be-
lleve that it was necessary to send out
agents all the way from New York to
Kansas to see whether the synods had
| told the truth or not before giving them
any aid, and all this travel at the expense
| of the church.
Mr.. j. w. Kahler, of Cincinnati, said
the speech which had just been mace was
the unkindest and most uncaled for that
he had ever heard on the floor Of synod.
He spoke in tho highest terms of the Sec
retaries OF the board, and thought that
the money which had been spent was
well invested.
The Rev. Mr. Keifler said there was
vast amount of work back of all this eX-
pense, and it was wrong to say that it
cost so much to distribute certain
amount of money. The board knew bet
ter than any one else, where and how the
work should be done, and time had de-
veloped the wisdom of their judgment
unhampered by the opinion of the adj
visOry board or distant Synods.
The Rev. Charles s. Albert, president
of the Home Mission Board, said he APP
preciated the courage of the brethren
who had seen fit to criticse the action of
the board. The plea of his friend DR..
Singly was plea for return to the old
west IN the work in which they were en-.
gagged. He said with regard to the Sec
retaries that they had secured men, not
because they could get them for the least
possible amount of money, but because
they were the best men who could be got
for a fair salary. He said that the Home
Mission board Of the general synod had
done as much work and at as little ex-
pense as the board Of any other church.
The Rev. j. ID. Severinghaus of Chi
cago, said that many things had been re.
ported to him with respect to the work
Of the board 1t had been reported that
the secretaries OF the board had not
treated the Germans in a fair manner
and one of them had even been reported
as saying that they wanted no more
Dutch congregations in the synod. He
had received many unkind comments on
the board by his German correspondents,
who said they were not treated fairly by
the board. He had heard that the Scan.
danavian Lutherans had even been re-
fused deeds to church lots in some
places.
Rev. L. Nj. Kuhns said that he was the
man who secured the lots, and he had
given one OF them TO the Scandinavian
church at Cheyenne, which was the place
referred to. He had given them corner
lot, and had reserved the other for some
other Lutheran church.
Col, said he had done the missionary
work at Cheyenne, and knew something
about it, He did not know why there
should be any distinction made between
Cheyenne and other points where
the tnS board cburonss had gySen nsNro two lots
Cheyenne had been deceived in this
matter He had heard that one of the
secretaries had remarked that this lot
should never be decided 10 Scandinavian
congregation. First there was something
wrong with the deed, then they wanted
10 sell the lot for government building.
They found that these things were not So
The lots were decided in trust for the
Lutheran church of Cheyenne and could
not be sold. The present church was the
Lutheran church of Cheyenne.
Secretary Curtis of the Home Mission
board denied saying that they wanted no
more Dutch congregations: He repudi-
ated the remark as coming from hlm.
The board had met with many difficulties
in the German work as there were many
differences among them which hindered
the work of the Home Mission board.
With regard to comparisons made be-
tween the Lutheran and other societies.
he showed that the societies of other
churches were not conducted less eco.
nomically or to better advantage than
the society of the Lutheran church.
Mr.. j. w. Rice, of Baltimore, presented
resolution suggesting the establishment
of ministerial and annuity fund, and
calling for the appointment of a commit.
tee to report plan for the organization
of board for this purpose. The secre.
tary announced the following commit
mems Suffrage association-Rev. n. Van
Alstine, Rev. NJ. l.. Beard, Rev. f. Il.
| Hoover. On Lard's Day and Temper
ance-Rev J. Is. Helwick, d. D., Rev. j.
II. Mengis, Rev. j. j. Domblaser.
... ~. EVENING SESSION.
The evening was devoted to the ami.
versary of the Publication society Rev.
M. Rhodes, u. d., presided and conduct
ed the opening services. Rev. DR.. Baum
|
Cramer, of Kansas City. offered prayer.
Rev. 7. G. Billheimer, ID. d., of Reading,
delivered the address. He announced
his subject as very familiar one so that
he despalred of being able to say any
thing new. All objections to such an IN
stitution had long ago been answered.
The benefits had often been presented
We must journey over the same we'll
beaten path with a desire to refresh our
memories. The speaker then reviewed
the history of the Publication society,"
showing the difficulties under which it
originally labored. He described the
early struggles when without capital or
influence the society began the publca-
ton of Lutheran literature. He review
ed the various steps by which the busi-
ness was established and its assets
accumulated. He spoke of the lack of
cooperation on the part of the church in
early days, when the church had no time
to spare from disputes about platforms
and confessions to debate to sustaining
ing missions and publication. The
fact that this society lives is
but little short of the marvellous.